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TO ALL WBOM IT MAY CONCERNi Be it known that I, MANLY T. CAMPBELL, ofLima, in the county of Delaware, and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Clothes-Driers; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are made apart of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is aside elevation ofa clothes-drier embodying my invention, all the racks save one beingfolded,

asthey are when not in use, in order'to occupy but little space.

Figure 2 is a perspective view, showing the drier fully extended, allthe racks being unfolded.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures. A

The subject'of this invention is a device having a number of jointedarms, which, when turned to and supported in a horizontal position',ati`o`rd means for suspending a large number of clothes or otherarticles to be dried by 'the air, .but which. when not in use,-arofolded in toward the main stand or support, so as to occupy but littlespace. l

In order that those skilled in the art to which my invention appertain'smay be enabled to fully understand and use the same, I will proceed todescribe its construction and-operation with reference to theaccompanying drawings.

A is a main stand orgpost, which is supported upon legs, B, whichdiverge from the top, so as to enlarge the base, andA thus givesteadincss to the drier, especially when the racks, or a portion ofthem, are folded un.`

The stand A is shown as being quadrilateral, but it may have a greaternumber of sides.

A rack is attached to each side of the stand A. Each of theseracksfconsists of bars C C C, suitahlv jointed or hinged to thestand Aand to the connecting-bar D, at their respective ends.

To the connecting-bar D of each rack is hinged a bar, E, whichconstitutes a leg to support the rack, when unfolded Vfor use. l l

In'order to effect a rigid connection between thc'bn-i` D 'and log E,while the latter is supporting its rack, I employ a bolt, F, which, whendepressed, occupies sockets d e, on the adjacent ends of the bar D andleg E, thus retaining the latter in its supporting position. When thebolt F is raised so as to clearthe socket e. tho leg-E maybe turned upagainst the side of the bar D, as shown upon the folded racks in g. 1. f

The numerous arms C afford great suspending capacity, and one, two, orall the racks may be brought into' requisition', as occasion mayrequire.

It will he observed that, by providing the racks with .the folding legsE, said racks are made ,capable of being folded downward', so that, inconsequence of the distance of thc points of attachment of the arms Cfrom; thebottom of the post A, and the relativo length of the said arms,the instrument, on being closed, up in oompact form, occupies no morevertical space than when in use. This would vnot be the clase if theconstruction were such as to require the upward movement of thc racks inclosing or folding the same.'

This device is not oniy simple and cheap, but it may be easily managed,and will prove especially useful for those' who have limited yard-room.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claimias new herein, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is- The hinged. legs'E, applied tothe racks C D of the main stand A, in the Amanner described, and held insupporting position by the bolts F, or their equivalent, for the purposeset forth.

To the above, I have signed my name, this sixteenth day of June, 1868.

. MANLY T. CAMPBELL. Witnesses:

WM. A. WIEDERSHEIM,

H. HYNEMAN.

